Kamil SALIMOV, doctor of law sciences
International military peacekeeping operation to enforce peace
– real way for resolution of Garabagh conflict
(beginning in previous issue)
At the same time, it is necessary to give legal evaluation of actions of illegal armed groups of marionette “army of Nagorno-Karabakh” as terrorist national-separatist forces. Analysis of legislative and normative acts of Armenia, as well as actions of “Nagorno-Karabakh army” enable us to confidently state that there are all required legal bases to achieve acknowledgement of Armenia’s aggression by international organizations and expediency to impose political and economic sanctions against Armenia.
Thus, to start the procedure, today we need to reach imposition of political and economic sanctions against Armenia and so-called “army of Nagorno-Karabakh”, which consequently will allow us to start use of force in Nagorno-Karabakh. In fact, we talk about humanitarian action of influence by force. We will not consider here the problem of legal evaluation in detail due to limits of this publication. However, we must note one important aspect, which has a specific role while consideration of all scenarios of possible events.
If conflicting parties will not gain a success by peace negotiations, in case of start and cease of military operations, return of refugees and IDPs back to their settlements and providing safety of Azerbaijani and Armenian citizens the issue of peacekeeping forces deployment in conflict area will gain a special importance. It is commonly known that in international practice there is a method for separation of conflicting parties, which envisages creation of “safety corridor” and deployment of peacekeeping forces there. That is why, today Azerbaijan must be prepared to such scenario and, consequently, consider possibility of adopting efficient and collective measures for liberation of occupied territories.
In addition, it is required to thoroughly study international practice of control over regulation of conflicts at any stage, which constitutes necessary portion of foreign policies of all countries.
In this respect, Minsk group of OSCE must define a new strategy for regulation of Garabagh conflict. Thus, in modern international law there are the following qualifying features of the conflict: prevention, management, regulation, transformation, which relate to various stages of emerging and development of conflicts.
Taking into account destructive tools of policy of Armenia towards Azerbaijan, including aggressive actions of separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh by means of “Nagorno-Karabakh army”, which is qualified as international crime, it is necessary to appeal to UN in order to choose some intermediate position, which in modern international practice is called as “measures for implementation of peace process” or “measures for forcing to peace”. These measures are fulfilled without consent of the party- initiator of the conflict and envisage use of elements of forced actions within framework of peacekeeping contingent of UN.
The good example is actions of coalition of UN states-members with leading position of USA, which liberated Kuwait from occupation of Iraq during the war in Persian Gulf in 1991. Peace support envisage peacekeeping activity of military servicemen and in particular, deployment of military forces to ease regulation process, for which there are four resolutions of Security Council, which oblige Armenian forces to liberate occupied territories.
In this case, we mean activity of Azerbaijan, as well as activity of international community according to international law in pursue of making decisions for imposing economic and political sanctions against Armenia and “army of Nagorno-Karabakh”.
Undoubtedly, this activity envisages various tactical means and approaches, starting from forced actions to diplomatic measures and from economic pressure to social-cultural programs.
At present, in various portions of the world 16 such operations of UN for peace-enforcement are implemented. Usually special missions of “blue helmets” are involved in these operations.
However, it is no need to think that “blue helmets” will take active part in military actions. Strategy and tactics consists in liberation of occupied territories by national army and internal forces of Azerbaijan. Mission of “blue helmets” will only fulfill control in order to keep military and political stability in the region.
In our point of view all above indicated proposals constitute realistic approach to the problem and may assist to liberation of occupied territories, restoration of law and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and keeping peace and order for all citizens of Azerbaijan, irrespective of their nationality.
No doubt, such strategy gives Azerbaijan another chance to regulate Garabagh conflict with participation of international peacekeeping forces, which in its turn will guarantee implementation and safety of transnational projects, which have pivotal importance for a whole region and international community.
“Khojaly genocide must be recognized, criminals – to be punish!”
This demand was voiced at the round table on “Khojaly genocide and the attitude of the world community to this terrible crime”, held February 20, 2013 by the Public Association for
“Protection of the Rights of Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons in Azerbaijan” (PA PRMIDPA).
Opening the event, introductory chairman of PA PRMIDPA professor Nadir Abdullayev said that, 21 years ago, on the night of 25th to 26th February, 1992, Armenian armed groups supported by the 366th Motorized Infantry Regiment of the former Soviet Army having Armenians among the main part of its command staff inflicted reprisals on the population of ancient Azerbaijani city, Khojaly. At that fatal night, the town was burnt down and completely destroyed. According to bloody statistics, 613 civilians were ruthlessly killed undergoing unbearable tortures. 63 of them were children, 106 – women and 70 – old people; eight families were completely wiped out, 25 children lost both parents and 130 children lost one parent; 484 were wounded and became disabled, 76 of them were children; 1275 people were taken captives, 150 people got missing. According to the investigation held by operational-investigative bodies, independent experts and investigators, as well as testimonies given by witnesses of the events happened at that night and the following days, more than 1000 people were killed and died from frostbite, but the number of missing people, captives and hostages is much more than shown above. The youngest child killed by Armenians was 2–day–old infant, but the eldest one was 97 years old. The shocking fact is that the cruelty having no analogue in the history and the savages committed by Armenians happened at the end of XX century, before the eyes of the whole world!
Editor of “Golos Karabaxa” – “Voice of Karabakh” Gadir Nasirov spoke on the above named subject. The speaker stressed that the terrible crime committed by the Armenian-Russian forces of 21 years ago in Khojaly town of Azerbaijan on the features and scales completely approaches to the fixed provisions in the Convention No. 260 “On prevention of genocide crime and punishment for it” approved on 9 December, 1948 in the Resolution of the UN General Assembly and other corresponding international documents and is considered as an act of genocide. This genocide crime committed not only against Azerbaijanis, but against the entire mankind is a display of terrorist policy directed against the independence and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and national and religious belonging of local population is the root of this severe massacre.
G.Nasirov with a sense of satisfaction note that the Khojaly massacre as an act of genocide recognized by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Parliamentary Union of the Islamic Conference, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the government of Mexico, Romanian, Czechize governments, the Senate of Colombia, USA – Texas, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Georgia, Arkansas. Hearings were held in the Grand National Assembly of fraternal Turkey, the parliament is ready to recognize the genocide. In addition, the Standing Committee of Petitions of the German Bundestag adopted a document in connection with Khojaly massacre. In the parliament of Belgium hearings about Nagorno-Karabakh in connection with a genocide event took place, in the Italian Parliament there was a representation about Khojaly.
At the same time, as the speaker said with regret, some international organizations, the most part of world community, parliaments and the governments of some countries don’t wish to listen to just claims of Azerbaijan which has undergone aggression of Armenia, approach to them with indifference. The same indifference is shown in a question of recognition of Khojaly massacre as an act of genocide. It is paradoxical that still any of committed the Khojaly crime didn’t appear before the court justice, has not received the worthy punishment.
Acted in connection with a discussed question on action PhD in history Muharram Zulfigarly, the chairman of the Public Council on Human Rights Anvar Gafarli, the chairman of the Public Association “Prison Watch”, doctor of law Kamil Salimov, the chairman of the NGO “Liberty Movers” Tahmasib Novruzov, head of the NGO “Protection of monuments in occupied territories of Azerbaijan” Faig Ismailov, a veteran of the Karabakh war, a representative of the International Eurasia Press Fund Rey Kerimoglu, lawyer of Fund to Struggle Against Corruption Nazirmamed Garamanly, representative of the Karabakh Liberation Organization Nasib Jafarov, deputy editor of the electronic journal KarabakhInfo.com Sohrab Ismailov, a representative of a family of martyr Malahat Maharramova and other condemned the indifferent attitude of the world community to the Khojaly genocide, expressed the indignation against impunity the perpetrators of the heinous crime, and, first of all the former and present presidents of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and Serge Sargsyan. It was especially noted that as the assignee of the former USSR, the Russian Federation has to apologize officially before the Azerbaijani people for participation of the 366th motor-shooting regiment in genocide commission, to recognize Khojaly genocide and to pay compensation to the victims.
Participants of the event viewed heartbreaking slideshow showing terrible Khojaly genocide.
Participants of the meeting are appealing to the United Nations Organization, the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union, as well as parliaments and governments of world countries to recognize and condemn Khojaly genocide directed against the Azerbaijani people and all mankind, and take every possible measure towards fair settlement of Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict based on the rules and principles of international law and within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
L.ZEYNALOVA,
“Voice of Karabakh”
Appeal
to the United Nations Organization
the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe
the European Council
Parliaments and Governments of World Countries
21 years ago, on the night of 25th to 26th February, 1992, Armenian armed groups supported by the 366th Motorized Infantry Regiment of the former Soviet Army having Armenians among the main part of its command staff inflicted reprisals on the population of ancient Azerbaijani city, Khojaly. At that fatal night, the town was burnt down and completely destroyed. According to bloody statistics, 613 civilians were ruthlessly killed undergoing unbearable tortures. 63 of them were children, 106 – women and 70 – old people; eight families were completely wiped out, 25 children lost both parents and 130 children lost one parent; 484 were wounded and became disabled, 76 of them were children; 1275 people were taken captives, 150 people got missing. According to the investigation held by operational-investigative bodies, independent experts and investigators, as well as testimonies given by witnesses of the events happened at that night and the following days, more than 1000 people were killed and died from frostbite, but the number of missing people, captives and hostages is much more than shown above. The youngest child killed by Armenians was 2–day–old infant, but the eldest one was 97 years old. The shocking fact is that the cruelty having no analogue in the history and the savages committed by Armenians happened at the end of XX century, before the eyes of the whole world!
It is already 21 years since Azerbaijan has been crying about terrible Khojaly tragedy, waiting for the world community’s support of its just call and claiming proper punishment of the aggressor. The features and scales of the horrible crime committed in Khojaly city relate to the theses of Resolution No. 260 “On prevention of genocide crime and punishment for it” approved on 9 December, 1948 in the Convention of the UN General Assembly. The genocide crime committed not only against Azerbaijanis, but against the entire mankind is a display of terrorist policy directed against the independence and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and national and religious belonging of local population is the root of this severe massacre.
Today with a sense of satisfaction note that the Khojaly massacre as an act of genocide recognized by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Parliamentary Union of the Islamic Conference, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the government of Mexico, Romanian, Czechize governments, the Senate of Colombia, USA – Texas, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Georgia, Arkansas. Hearings were held in the Grand National Assembly of fraternal Turkey, the parliament is ready to recognize the genocide. In addition, the Standing Committee of Petitions of the German Bundestag adopted a document in connection with Khojaly massacre. In the parliament of Belgium hearings about Nagorno-Karabakh in connection with a genocide event took place, in the Italian Parliament there was a representation about Khojaly.
At the same time, unfortunately, some international organizations, the most part of world community, parliaments and the governments of some countries don’t wish to listen to just claims of Azerbaijan which has undergone aggression of Armenia, approach to them with indifference. The same indifference is shown in a question of recognition of Khojaly massacre as an act of genocide.
Participants of the meeting entitled “Khojaly genocide and attitude of the world community to this terrible crime” are appealing to the United Nations Organization, the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union, as well as parliaments and governments of world countries to recognize and condemn Khojaly genocide committed by Armenian chauvinists who illegally seized power in Nagorno-Karabakh being supported by the leadership of the Armenian Republic and take every possible measure towards fair settlement of Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict based on the rules and principles of international law and within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
The appeal “Khojaly genocide is an Armenian crime committed against the mankind”
was adopted by the participants of the round table held by Public Association
for “Protection of Rights of Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons in Azerbaijan”
on 20 February, 2013 in Baku.
There was introduced the compilation of films “Azerbaijani realities”
History is witness of that from the ancient times Azerbaijan and Azerbaijanis had to meet aggression of Armenians time by time who always wished to appropriate Azerbaijan lands and regularly made wars with this aim realizing different terroristic acts which as the result Azerbaijan underwent to colossal moral and material damages.
At the same time the Armenian agitprop, always rearranging places of the aggressor Armenia with the suffered Azerbaijan, tries to shadow the reality, falsifies history, confuses the world community. Recently there has been held presentation of compilation of films about “Azerbaijani realities”. The compilation was prepared by Public Association “Eurasian International Institute of Investigations” (PA EIII) led by the member of Milli Majlis Ganira Pashayeva and Association for “Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan” (ACSDA) led by Elkhan Suleymanov – member of the parliament from Shamakhi. Aim of the project was to support the spreading of realities of Azerbaijan in a large-scaled form. Making a speech at the presentation G. Pashayeva informed the participants of the ceremony about the project and noted that the facts of genocide committed in the beginning of the XX century by Armenian terroristic organizations and armed forces against peaceful Azerbaijani population were expressed in the compilation of films. There were three films on three discs: “Genocide: Baku”, “Genocide: Guba” and “Genocide: Shamakhi”. Besides, three more films were included into the compilation: “Khojali genocide”, “Garadagli genocide” and “Agdaban tragedy” – demonstrating the wildness committed by Armenians against Azerbaijan and Azerbaijanis in the end of the previous century. There were also the films in the compilation “Shusha – destroyed cradle of culture” and “Aghdam: Hiroshima of Caucasus” talking about the acts of vandalism executed by armed force of Armenia in Shusha and Aghdam occupied by them.
There was mentioned that the compilations of films in Azerbaijani would be sent to foreign Azerbaijani Diasporas, organizations, universities, armed regiments, societies of our compatriots in Georgia, South Azerbaijan (Iran), Dagestan (Russia). Also the compilation of films in English (over 1000 samples) would be sent to international organizations, foreign universities, libraries, mass media, non-governmental organizations, embassies of different countries in Azerbaijan, embassies of Azerbaijan in foreign countries, diasporas and several other international organizations. It was especially mentioned that there was great support by Ministry of External Affairs of the republic and Heydar Aliyev Foundation to the project. The participants were informed about that propaganda of the compilation would also be held in Turkey: there would be realized presentations in 10 cities of Turkey and 14 universities beginning from the second decade of February till 5 March. The propaganda would also be held in online journal “KarabakhINFO.com”. Due to statements of the vice-president of ACSDA Vali Alakbarov, the main purpose was the spreading of the realities of Azerbaijan in a large scale. He noted that there had been some projects till this one related with Khojali, Shamakhi, Garadagli genocides. Materials were translated into English and German. The highlighted catalogue was prepared in two languages – Azerbaijani and English. It is being created conditions for rational application of the compilation by the whole Turkish world for delivering the realities of Azerbaijan to all countries of the world. V. Alakbarov noted that it was planned to publish the compilation also in Spanish, French, Arabian and Iranian in future. Press secretary of Ministry of External Affairs said that the Ministry would always support similar projects. Considering the scale of English-speaking world, he highly estimated publication of the compilation in English and expressed his sureness about that the compilation would help them in delivering the truth about the massacres of Azerbaijanis by Armenians to the world. He ensured that MEA would use all means for provision of the whole world with the above-mentioned compilation “Azerbaijani realities”.
Also the member of Milli Majlis Flora Gasimova, editor-in-chief of the online journal “KarabakhINFO” Zaur Gariboglu and others made speeches at the ceremony.
Osman VALIYEV,
“Voice of Karabakh”
Tribune of IDPs
At night from 25 to 26 February, 1992 Khojalian children lost both parents. Ones of these children are Khazangul Amirova who was born in 1984, her sister and brother. It is published below her letter where she remembers the tragedy of her family happened at the same deathly night
They burned my father before my eyes
Every night Khojali was fired. But something indescribable happened at that night. It was impossible to stay at home and we run to forest. We run till seven o’clock morning in unbearable frosty weather on foot. Father and mother took us – three sisters, and my brother was with grandmother. While we were running, Armenians killed my mother. Surrounding us they took us as captives and brought to Askaran. They continued regularly firing at our side on the way although there were many children and women among our crowd. One of bullets met my five years old sister whom I took in my hands and she fell down. I wanted to raise her, but she was dead. We had to leave dead bodies of my mother and sister. In Askaran women and girls were separated of men and Armenians put them in a separate place. When an Armenian soldier came to us, I run to him and cried asking him to take me to my father. He said: “Come, I will take you to your father”. When I went out I saw they had tied my father to a tree. I run to him, but the soldier stopped me and didn’t let hug him. He required my father to affirm that those lands belonged to Armenians. The Armenian soldier said that if he said that they would free him. Father repeated for several times: “Even if you kill me, I won’t say it!” Then they poured kerosene on him. I again attempted to run to him but they didn’t allow me.
Again pouring kerosene on my father they burned him. He was burning and pining, Armenians repeated their requirements, but father continued refusing. I cried, shouted that they didn’t kill my father. But who heard me? Here’s how they burned my father before my eyes. I don’t wish to see such scene even to children of my enemies how your parent burns alive before you. This was a nightmare and this nightmare is regularly repeated before my eyes as a film… Then they took us to Aghdam. We knew that we were exchanged with Armenian captives. After few minutes, they brought my father’s ash, dead body of my mother and little sister. Another pain for us is that we can’t visit graves of our parents and sisters as those territories are under control of Armenians… Wonderfully staying alive my grandmother, brother and sisters reached us then. Nerves of grandmother were shaken of stress and pain, our feet were frozen, and that’s why all we were taken to hospital. Then we were settled in the sanatoria “Gizilgum” in Baku. We lived very difficultly; of course, payment for losing parents and grandmother’s pension weren’t enough for normal life. Thanks to good people as the previous chief of police of Ganja city – Rasim Musayev, the only person who found us personally and supported us.
Yes, three of us – the family that wsas consisting of six persons stayed alive. Me and my sister graduated lyceum, we married, and my brother Vusal is a policeman. But the wound harmed by Armenian-Russian armed forces, is unrecoverable. And there are tens, hundreds of similar families as we.
Let them return my parents, relatives, compatriots to me now! Who can do it? Who can return us our lost childhood? Who can cure our vital wound?
Why the present world community is so indifferent to illegality, aggression, murder of innocent people committed by Armenians?
Khazangul AMIROVA,
internally displaced person from Khojali city
Illegal settlings at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan
– targeted politics of Armenia
Targeted activities of Armenia over illegal settlings in the occupied cities and villages of Azerbaijan is one of the leading directions of politics of the mentioned country. It was started several years ago and is being continued by the aggressor country at the highest speed at present.
If you remember, in the previous issues of our newspaper there was published several articles over this topic. At the underlined articles it was exposed the essence of settlement politics of Armenia: to annihilate all historical Azerbaijani heritages, to make condition for armeniaziation of the historical Azerbaijani lands, create “base” for future pretensions for the underlined territories e. t. c.
We should mention that beginning from 2000 a special commission consisting of high-ranked officials of Armenia, also the public association “Erkir” work on realization of the large-scaled program of settlement under name “Returning to Artsakh”. We also remember that in December, 2003 the Premier Minister of Armenia Andranik Maragaryan officially stated that the problem of settling of Armenian population in the occupied territories of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) was the priority for Armenian government. But although it is talked about settling in territories of NK at the highlighted territory, the mentioned plan defined settling of cities of villages not belonging to administrative structure of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomic Province. In the continuation of realization of the above-mentioned program, the main supporters as the organizations “Armenian Foundation of Organization of West America”, “Foundation of Khayastan” and Soviet of Armenian Eparchy of Tehran, supported the realization and completion of construction of nearly 90 houses in 2004 at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan in amount of 400 thousand dollars.
By the way, it should also be mentioned that the Armenian side often calls the illegal settling of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan as “strengthening of victory” as if after “liberation” of these lands they would strengthen there and would armenize those territories completely.
In the earlier times of realization of the plan the Armenian government made attempts for populating the Azerbaijani territories which were under their control with habitants of Armenian nationality and adopted some measures related with this plan as financial support to refugees, giving long-term credits, construction of houses e. t. c. According to existing information, settling of Shusha, Lachin and Kalbajar regions is especially noted in plans of Armenia, also Armenians settle in Aghdam, Gubadli, Jabrayil, Zangilan regions. According to plan, Armenia is going to settle 300 thousand people at the occupied territories. Due to news of Armenian sources, including “Panarmenian”, during 2007-2011 more than 600 Armenian families were settled at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
Also there was appeared information about that Armenia started settling ethnic Armenians – amshens living in Kirgizstan in occupied territories of Azerbaijan, but there wasn’t any other information about this problem then.
According to information of Armenian mass media, in the previous year at the lands of Azerbaijan there were settled 114 families (415 persons) from Armenian and other countries, and in 2011 this number reached to 169 families (580 persons). It is also informed that as a part of the program of Lybanian foundation “Artsaxfond” the families, having three and more children settled at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, were provided with stocks and given 152 cows.
It should also be mentioned that the Syria events causing leaving of major Armenians the country, made great chance for Armenia who found the needed population for settling at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Due to achieved information there were settled great part of Armenian refugees from Syria, in 2012 at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. As the mass media of Armenia inform, in Lachin region there were settled not less than 30 Armenian families from the mentioned country. According to the same information, as if Syrian Armenians appearing in NK, prefer staying in “Kashatag” region (it is the renamed form of Lachin region by Armenians and it includes also Gubadli and Zangilan regions). As “Caucasian node” informed, leadership of this region stated about readiness for accepting all Syrian Armenians there. According to information of the same source, during the first seven months of the previous year three thousand citizens of Syria of Armenian nationality got visa to Armenia. We have to mention also the fact that together with common Syrian refugees Armenian terroristic groups are also settled in those lands which makes a real danger for Azerbaijan and the whole region.
By the way, talking about the settling of Zangilan region, let’s mention that the Armenian side has a wish of constructing a city named Bagaran at the territories of this region for Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan. Besides, they plan to create a new village in the productive lands of Jabrayil region on the Beach of Araz River and settle Armenian families there for agricultural production.
What do all these mean? Armenia purposely realizing the politics of illegal settlings at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, doesn’t even think of leaving these lands, and its participation in the negotiation process over regulation of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is just a fiction for the international community.
And the world society, international organizations, seeing these illegal settlings, closes its eyes. They close eyes also for the aggressive activities of Armenia.
G. JABRAILLY,
“Voice of Karabakh”